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Alastair Marsh

ARTICLES BY ALASTAIR MARSH

Gautam Adani is increasing his footprint in fossil fuels, new research shows (Photo: Reuters)

Adani boosting coal assets despite vow to be carbon neutral

2 min read . 12 Jul 2021

Crypto behemoth Binance is planning a rival to Facebook’s Libra

1 min read . 19 Aug 2019

Bitcoin gained 1,400% in 2017, only to plunge in 2018 (Bloomberg)

Bitcoin buyers offered chance to make money and avoid big losses

1 min read . 14 Feb 2019

At roughly $100 million a year in revenue, synthetic CDOs have yet to make a huge dent in Citigroup’s overall trading business. Photo: Bloomberg

As synthetic CDOs roar back, a young Citi trader makes her name

6 min read . 27 Sept 2017

Theresa May will be the first foreign leader to visit President Donald Trump since his election. Photo: AFP

UK PM Theresa May Plans US trip to meet Donald Trump on Friday

1 min read . 22 Jan 2017

Across the global financial industry, a new class system is emerging. Banks are jettisoning the we-do-everything model to cater to prized clients that generate the most revenue while turning others away. Photo: AFP

Wall Street’s 0.01%: An inside look at Citi’s secret client list

6 min read . 25 Mar 2016

Milan Patel racked up returns of as much as 800%, turning bonds trading at pennies into millions of pounds. Photo: Bloomberg

How Milan Patel made a killing in a market everyone left for dead

6 min read . 18 Feb 2016

Volkswagen scandal spreads trouble from IPOs to credit markets

2 min read . 26 Sept 2015

Loan disposals by banks have grown every year since 2010 as scrutiny by the ECB and pressure from regulators to shore up balance sheets prompted lenders to restructure and downscale their operations. Photo: Bloomberg

European banks seen offloading $109 billion of bad debt in 2015

1 min read . 24 Mar 2015

European Central Bank president Mario Draghi. Photo: Bloomberg

ECB slows asset buys despite Draghi balance-sheet pledge

1 min read . 09 Dec 2014

The ECB began purchases on 20 October, returning to the market for a third time in 6 years as part of a renewed attempt to stave off deflation and pump life into a moribund recovery. Photo: Bloomberg

ECB says €1.7 billion of covered bonds bought last week

3 min read . 28 Oct 2014

ECB President Mario Draghi has said he intends to expand the bank’s balance sheet by as much as €1 trillion (over `78 trillion) to stave off deflation in the euro area. Photo: Bloomberg

ECB said to start asset purchase programme with French, Spanish debt

2 min read . 20 Oct 2014

The Basel group has said that it is seeking to make rules more prudent and risk sensitive by setting stricter curbs on how banks should measure possible losses, and by limiting reliance on external credit ratings. Photo: Mint

Asset-backed finance wins capital reprieve by global regulators

2 min read . 19 Dec 2013

Twitter raised more than $2 billion selling shares at $26 in an initial public offering (IPO) last week. Photo: Leon Neal/AFP

Twitter will fall below $28 by June, say structured product investors

2 min read . 13 Nov 2013